Designer:

Abram Games, British, 1914–1996  Search this

Client:

Her Majesty's Stationery Office, England  Search this

Printer:

Field Sons & Co. Ltd., British, founded 1850  Search this

Medium:

Lithograph on paper

Dimensions:

74.5 × 48.5 cm (29 5/16 × 19 1/8 in.)

Type:

graphic design

Poster

Object Name:

Poster

Made in:

Bradford, England

Date:

1943

Description:

Gradient background: red at top, white center, olive lower. An open palm cradles a blurred image of a soldier with a gun, inside the outline of a blood bag. At top: “IF HE SHOULD FALL IS YOUR BLOOD THERE TO SAVE HIM?” At bottom: “THE EMERGENCT BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE NEEDS / BLOOD DONORS”

Credit Line:

Gift of Merrill C. Berman

Accession Number:

2019-22-5

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq401a3645e-27d1-4d23-8546-ae4f1139c281

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_2019-22-5